I recently moved my betta into a new filtered tank, and now his fin rot has increased rapidly, what do i do???

Question

My betta fish has had slight fin and tail rot for quite a while, but fins looked to be growing back. I had him in a 1 gallon bowl, no filtration or anything. I moved him into a filtered, non heated, 1.5 gallon tank, and at first he seemed to love it! I'm not sure why, but a day later, i noticed his fin and tail rot had rapidly increased. I do not know what to do, he is eating fine, his color is still beautiful, and he is moving around quite a bit. I've been treating him with fungus and bacteria medication for his fin rot, and I've added salt to the tank. I don't know what else to do, but I love my fish and I want to save him. Any advice would be helpful

Answer 1

It's possible what you are seeing is actually ammonia damage to the fins and not actual fin rot disease. I would suggest you first check the ammonia in the tank or have it checked at a local pet store. If the ammonia is slightly high, water changes until the biological filtration can catch up will be the best bet.

Assuming the water checks out and it is actually fin rot, I would suggest you treat with Maracyn TC for no less than 10 days. There are a few resistant strains of fin rot that will not respond well to this medication, but that very rare, but you should be ready to treat for longer than recommended on the package to insure they rot is completely killed off or it will only come back and be harder to kill the next time.

MM

Answer 2

I'm no expert, but I would do a 50 percent water change a day until he got better. Also, when you're doing your water changes, add medication and a little bit of aquarium salt. Also, change the filter, too. Hope this helps, and good luck.

Answer 3

seperate them on the instant! did no longer your petstore instruction manual enable you to recognize you could no longer mixture them? they are going to tear the fins out of one yet another! in case you cant get a 2d tank maximum suitable away, put in a seperator and/or get a plant for the female to conceal in.

Answer 4

first, put a tablespoon of rock crystal sea salts into a gallon of water and bathe him for 15 minutes. then take another gallon or so tank of freshwater and put him in it with a bunch of iron wool, the scratchy copper cleaning pads for dishes and that should cure him. keep him and the iron wool in clean tank water until it heals
p.s. hes probably stressed so move him to the old tank with fresh water

Answer 5

well it probably increased cuz you put him in the new tank right away with out any beneficial bacteria growing in it
aka new tank syndrome
your doing all you can do all you can do now is wait and see

Answer 6

here is a site about fin rot on bettas
http://www.healthybetta.com/articles/Illness%20Diagonsis/finrot.html


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 7

you cant do more than that just keep on checking on him